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Thanks Seth! Last minute ticket sales are good and we could be over 150 in attendance. If you are planning on coming, PLEASE purchase your tickets in advance on our web site at http://burnmoviestamford.eventbrite.com ! It is quick, easy, and painless. Everyone is invited over to Butterfield 8 immediately after the show for a post-screening party. Mention BURN and a portion of your tab will also be donated to the Foundations.

Even if you have already seen BURN, the Avon is a great historic theater and venue and with a good chance for rain, this is a great option for the night! Immediately following the screening, we are walking just a few steps down Bedford Street to Butterfield 8 for a post-screening party and to watch the Sox win Game 1. Tickets are only $20 in advance and $30 at the door. Please buy in advance and online at our ticket site at: http://burnmoviestamford.eventbrite.com. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Wednesday night in Stamford, promises to be a great night out! Come join us!

BUMPing back onto the main page....we are only a few days away, please don't miss the opportunity to see BURN (or see it again...). Following the screening, we are hosting an after-party at Butterfield 8 and just a few doors down on Bedford Street. Tickets $20 online at: http://burnmoviestamford.eventbrite.com or $30 at the door on the night of the event. We hope to see everyone there!

The high pressure engines were bid as a separate order than the standard engine bid. Seagrave is building the high pressure rigs, KME is in the process of building the first of two split tilt cabs for the FDNY standard Engine order. As already stated by M'Ave and others here, unlike "some" local FDs around here and their interpretation of a bidding process, it is all about the Benjamin's and KME was nearly 100k lower than Seagrave for the Engine bid. The first KME rig is for FDNY acceptance. The second is being built by KME for independent crash testing as this is new type of cab for KME. KME is capable of filling large orders as their past track record with LA County and LA City would show, but the new design of the cab and acceptance/testing process has slowed their normal build time down a bit. Time will tell what happens next.

Tickets still available, please do not wait until the last minute. Tickets can easily be purchased on our ticketing site at: http://burnmoviestamford.eventbrite.com

50-65...can you enlighten us on how you would have handled the "gas pumping" at the scene? There was not a hydrant in the immediate area of the residence, the closest one was almost a mile away. Tanker was used from several surrounding communities.

Update: Thanks to the members of the Katonah, NY FD for their group ticket purchase for this event! Hopefully, other Departments will follow Katonah's lead and join us on October 23rd! We have already sold 40 tickets to this event in only a few days. Please do not wait to the last minute to purchase tickets or hope to get them at the door. Tickets can easily be purchased online at our ticketing site at: www.burnmoviestamford.eventbrite.com We look forward to seeing everyone on October 23rd!

We would love to see a response from our Fire Department neighbors in Westchester County (or further). Even if you have seen BURN before, this is a great theatre and two great causes. **We are also working on an appropriate gathering spot within walking distance of theatre for after the show. If any Stations or Departments would like flyers to post, please PM me through this site. Direct link to our online ticket site: http://burnmoviestamford.eventbrite.com Perhaps even a special appearance by the great NFD2004 or Stamford's next generation KME severe service Engines?

Yes, returned from GK and back in service.

Bump ! This runs to 10 PM tonight...dine-in OR carry-out orders, come on down and mention Stamford Fire Safety! 20% of your total bill donated back to support the Stamford Fire Safety Foundation Fund. In addition, they have an extensive menu and bar selection too! Fellow Firefighters and emergency workers.....bring family and friends and join us today or tonight!

There is one KME engine on order, delivery in mid to late fall. One additional and identical KME Engine is expected to be ordered shortly. A new Rescue for R1 is anticipated to go out to bid in the next few months. A new truck will be at least another 18-36 months out.

Umm...how about a good string-puller from the greater White Plains area?

The rig from the I-95 collision was repaired, not replaced. HME mailed out one of their many boilerplate bodies sitting in their back yard and it was bolted it back onto the frame at the local Dealer....Whamo...instant firetruck....I guess HME has some benefit....

HME could start by actually building a frame for the body, instead of bending metal to create the strength. The next time you want to see why the HME product is failing, just stop by their booth the next trade show (they will be glad to talk to someone/anyone)....take a look at their product, particularly how they assemble....then take a walk over to any other manufacturer and compare. In my opinion.....you might just think that the North Koreans have entered the North American fire apparatus market...cause that is how sheltered HME is from the rest of the apparatus world. Has anyone had a first-hand look at their new dual front axle ladder? Nuff said....

Yes, that is the 93 Mack....it is now painted in Police black and white, but could easily get some paint and back to where it should be.

Tim: I believe, it will actually be known as the "Stamford Fire Department" again...."Rescue" was to be dropped as part of the Charter Proposal..... Who is working on the new patch?

Sorry Pete.....thats how I see it.....trolling and hoping that someone spouts off with something for you to yell "gotcha". We continue to demonstrate that the parties involved in the delivery of fire services can work and train together. It may not be what they nay-sayers want to hear, but we successfully ran another joint training session in Turn of River this past Monday. As a personal witness to this and several previous such drills, I really always walk away wondering why our energies could not have been more properly directed for all of this time? So the challenge is we can either rant on the keyboard for an eternity or we can step up and start anew? I am comfortable standing behind my record. Anyone else want to offer a better suggestion?

It is clear that Pete is only trying to use this thread in order to try and create new friction to the situation. Poising questions to rank and file members of the Stamford Fire and Rescue Department about the future direction of their Department serves absolutely no purpose. It is akin to asking the average soldier at the Food Court in Afghanistan what he feels about the strategic plan and future US operations with the Karzai government. While he/she may have an opinion, unless they are also a member of the Joint Chiefs or Centcom, it is really irrelevant. As a soldier, he/she will follow the direction and orders of their superiors (i.e. basic military chain of command). While you can use the term “free exchange”, this forum is not the official word or position of the Stamford Fire Rescue Administration. I am fairly sure that you know how to get to 629 Main Street or the meetings of the Charter Revision Committee at 888 Washington Boulevard. I would bet that the people serving in their official capacities at those locations would be the proper authority and route for you to find answers for this new “regime” (interesting choice of words). Unless you would rather troll for anonymous opinions from those that have absolutely nothing to do with the strategic decisions of an organization that does not yet exist.

I was wondering if anyone in this area could help us with trying to temporarily relocate our 1935 Seagrave Fire Engine. I thought that I had heard about a fire apparatus museum somewhere in NY State that will hold and display antique fire trucks that are owned privately. I know there is a museum in Hudson, but not sure if this is the same place or if another similar type of facility exists in the area? We need to relocate our Seagrave out of its present location in Stamford due to some upcoming construction and am finding limited places in this area to store it out of the elements. The truck is in decent condition given its age and has never been refurbished. It is an original Stamford Engine that was delivered to Engine 1 in the summer of 1935. The truck was donated back to us about 10 years ago after being located in Newton, MA. We are NOT looking to sell or donate the truck. Just need a good shelter or museum home while we figure out a permanent storage solution. Any info, help, or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks-

Stamford CT: Engine 1 and Engine 6 (formerly Squad 1) out of Fire HQ.....Engine 6 relocated from HQ to staff the Glenbrook FD in 2007.

Are you kidding me?? Get everyone on the same page? Talking in plain, simple, english language?? This is completely absurd!!! The next thing you know, someone will suggest that we start to purchase our trucks, hose, gear, SCBA as a group bid. Or worse yet, someone might suggest that my 1 square mile village of 1800 people does not need its own fully equipped fire department (complete with 147’ Schwing Ladder Truck and 40 Ton rescue crane). This cannot be allowed to happen, we must continue to operate and behave under our own rules and fight the power!

Trying a case in front of the US Supreme Court and other expenses associated with this case do not come cheap either.

My memory is still pretty good and I can recall the BFD Aerialscope being used quite nicely at fires in Stamford. Before, we get into a nice “beasty contest” here, although some are longer, the BFD truck succeeds in its ability to position. Most recently at a fire on Minivale in Springdale, where it positioned on a neighbor’s driveway and a couple of inches off of the neighbor’s house (I have a nice photo of it, but can’t find it). East Main Street in 99, Canal Street in 07....and plenty of others.....I am not going to let my SFRD bias get in the way of giving credit where it is due. And I think there was a lot of internal support from the SFRD members to get an Aerialscope for the new T1, prior to an executive decision made to get the Sutphen??? Now back to the first question, why is it being auctioned? Was this the Department’s decision or opinion....no (need I say more).

Kinda surprised at some of the discussion here. Should anyone in Westchester or lower Fairfield County be surprised or not aware of the potential for an aircraft incident? I did not need to sit through a class, get a pamphlet, or read a buff site, to realize that there is potential for an incident in this area. I guess one could just look up and listen at any given time and see a host of aircraft on the approach, in transit, or taking off. I also would like to applaud AlpineRunner for mentioning that the smaller type of aircraft need to be handled for what they are...small vehicles, that happen to be in the air, rather than on the pavement. Their size and fuel capacity is not that far from a large SUV or super-duty truck (or less). Why it is necessary to roll a surge of apparatus to an incident involving a small aircraft is disproportional to an understanding of the multitude of types of "aircraft" that may be found. By some of the rationale that I have read here and other forums, would we dispatch the same response automatically to a report of a school bus rollover on a local road? or a report of a commercial bus collision on 287? I recently was on scene at a Cessna crash in the central Connecticut that was handled with one Engine and one Rescue from the local FD. Interesting to note the differences in the response protocol between the two incidents. Just some food for thought?